Former Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson has passed away

[bleys]

no joke, that's sad. RIP.... Prayers to his family/friends...

[jbland]

Wow I feel for his friends and family right now.

[Delhommey]

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[Fireball77]

Awful news! Sad to hear it. Eagles must have known he was doing worse when they named that guy the DC instead of interim DC.

RIP

[SuperMan]

RIP I see the eagles D dropping off though he was the master of the 4-3 blitzing D...

[Johnny Rockets]

Awful news! Sad to hear it. Eagles must have known he was doing worse when they named that guy the DC instead of interim DC.

RIP

Had a bad feeling about his situation when the Eagles did that. Was hoping this wasn't the reason why.

Tumors on your spine has to be horrible. RIP JJ.

Between Harry Kalas, Jim Johnson and Gary Papa (popular local sports director in Philly), this has been a bad stretch of months in the Philly sports family.

[Rong Fo]

Terrible news. Melanoma can spread so fast if it gets under the skin before detection. Philly will be ok, but he will be sorely missed by fans of the team, and fans of the game.

[fitty76]

Rip jj.

[GRWatcher]

no joke, that's sad. RIP.... Prayers to his family/friends...

:iagree:

I think the HOF needs to change its rules and allow votes in for coordinators. He'd be the first IHMO.

:angelsad2:

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I had no idea he was sick (but then I guess you usually don't).

R.I.P. to one of the best defensive coordinators the league's ever seen.

[Proudiddy]

RIP, I always admired his genius. I always wished we would take some pages out of his book, or just straight up hire him. Best wishes and prayers to his family and friends.

[DaCityKats]

man rip jj.great def mind.might have to see them twice this year.

[pstall]

RIP JJ. To me the ultimate amount of respect one can have is when it's a team you HATE, you can only tip your hat to a coach like him and say, you sir are a GREAT coach.

Year in and year out his schemes were great.

[Kevin Greene]

RIP, one great DC.

McDermott should do a fantastic job for the Iggles in his place.